Enrollment
339
Middle
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERS POINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341503000210
Jordan Road Elementary School
129 Jordan Road, Somers Point, NJ 08244 · (609) 927-7161 · Atlantic County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
220 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 18% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Somers Point School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
33.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
21.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.7% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.1% | 21.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jordan Road Elementary School
Jordan Road Elementary School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Road Elementary School this school | 339 | 64.9% | 23.4% |
| Ralph J. Steinhauer Elementary School MAPLE SHADE | 355 | 56.9% | 20.6% |
| Woodruff Middle School Seabrook | 253 | 60.1% | 26.6% |
| Riverside Middle School RIVERSIDE | 316 | 68.0% | 16.4% |
| Buena Regional Middle School BUENA | 345 | 57.7% | 26.1% |
| Emma C Attales ABSECON | 392 | 57.4% | 40.4% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jordan Road Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #374 of 433 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #355 of 437 ▼ 4 | #13 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #377 of 437 ▲ 9 | #13 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #349 of 445 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #184 of 417 | #5 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #39 of 419 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #86 of 436 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #12 of 282 | #2 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
339
-83 (-20%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 339 | 32 | 10.6:1 | 65% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 36.5 | 10.5:1 | 64% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 42.5 | 9.0:1 | 59% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 43 | 9.8:1 | 63% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 57.1 | 9.0:1 | 69% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 59 | 9.5:1 | 69% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 46 | 12.9:1 | 42% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 726 | 45 | 16.1:1 | 25% (180) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 31 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jordan Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (515 to 339); teachers down 44% (57.1 to 32).
About Jordan Road Elementary School
Jordan Road Elementary School is one of the public schools in Somers Point, New Jersey. It is a small middle school. Enrolled students number 339 students, in grades 4 through 8. Enrollment is 41% lower than the average for middle schools in New Jersey, which is about 578.
Somers Point School District runs 3 schools with a combined 684 students. Jordan Road Elementary School is one of them.
White students form the largest group at Jordan Road Elementary School, 40% of enrollment. Other groups make up 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 56% of Atlantic County residents are White. By the diversity index, Jordan Road Elementary School comes in at 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 32 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.6:1. Middle schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 10.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 65%.
The allk12 Grade for Jordan Road Elementary School is D. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Jordan Road Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.4%; the prediction is 30.6%.
Census estimates describe Atlantic County this way: median household income is about $78,050, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 77 public schools in Atlantic County, with a combined enrollment of about 41,964.
The closest other public school is New York Avenue Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Jordan Road Elementary School's average proficiency of 23.4% compares with 46.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Jordan Road Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 422 in 2020-21 and 339 in 2024-25, a 20% decrease.
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Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Somers Point School District
- Dawes Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
- New York Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 4 students
Other schools in Somers Point
- Dawes Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
- Chartertech High School for the Performing ArtsHigh · 253 students
- New York Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 4 students
Nearby schools
- New York Avenue Elementary School0.6 mi · 4
- Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts0.7 mi · 253
- Dawes Avenue Elementary School1.0 mi · 341
- Seaview Elementary School1.6 mi · 444
- Belhaven Middle School2.2 mi · 347
- Mainland Regional High School2.4 mi · 1,160
Frequently asked questions
About Jordan Road Elementary SchoolHow large is Jordan Road Elementary School?
Jordan Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 339 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does Jordan Road Elementary School serve?
Jordan Road Elementary School serves grades 04-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jordan Road Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jordan Road Elementary School is approximately 10.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jordan Road Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jordan Road Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Jordan Road Elementary School?
Jordan Road Elementary School is overseen by Somers Point School District in Atlantic County.
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